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P. 0. WHITE. NOTE SHEET WINDING APPARATUS. APPLIUATION FILED n11 10, 1908 I Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

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FRANK 0. WHITE, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE WILCOX & WHITE COMPANY, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, .A. CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

NOTE-SHEET-UNDING APPARATUS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK C. l/VHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Meriden, New Haven county, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Note-Sheet-Winding Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in auto-pneumatic music playing instruments, the main object being to provide a simple and effective means whereby perforated note sheet rolls of different styles may be employed.

There is on the market at the present time a very large quantity of perforated note sheet music in roll form, on which the marking (by which the player is advised of expression changes) appears on the outer side of the sheet as rolled up. The balance of this music now on the market bears this marking on the inside of the sheet as rolled up. It follows, therefore, that in the ordinary instrument it is impossible to use this music interchangeably for, on the one hand, if the instrument is adapted to that music which is marked on the outer side, it Will not receive music marked on the opposite side, so as to display said marking. It is also a fact that in some of the music playing instruments of this type now on the market, it is designed that the music sheet shall be driven in one direction across the trackerboard, whereas in the balance of such instruments the music sheet is driven in an opposite direction across the tracker-board. Heretofore this has prevented interchangeability of music rolls. By my invention this interchangeability of rolls is easily and quickly efiected, no matter which side of the sheet is marked and no matter what may be the direction of travel across the trackerboard.

I have not attempted to illustrate a complete music playing instrument, but have conventionally shown in the accompanying drawings, only such parts of my invention as are necessary to a comprehensive understanding thereof. So also I have illustrated and described only one preferred form thereof.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation broken away at the center; Fig. 2 is an end view of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1, looking from left to right; Fig. 3 is a Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 10, 1908.

Serial N0. 420,201.

similar view looking from right to left; Fig. i is a vertical section on the line wa: of Fig. 1, looking from left to right and illustrating, by dotted lines, the position of certain parts arranged for driving a note sheet marked on the inside; Fig. 5 is a similar view, looking from right to left, and illustrating by dotted lines the arrangement of parts when employing a note sheet marked on the outside; Fig. 6 is a relatively enlarged sectional view of certain details; Fig. 7 is a similar view of other details; Fig. 8 is a view of the driving spool broken away at center; Figs. 9 and 10 are views of two different rolls taken on the same scale as Fig. 8.

1 is the base. 22 are sides or uprights mounted on said base.

3 is a top piece connecting the sides 2--2 at is a perforated tracker-board of the ordinary well-known type. This trackerboard is mounted between the uprights 22 56'(' are spindles carried at the side 2. 8910 are spindles carried at the side 2. These spindles are arranged in pairs, as follows: 5 with 9, 6 with 8, and 7 with 10. Each of the spindles has a central bore arranged to receive a pin-like bearing at the adjacent end of the driving spool or music roll. The spindles 578 are slotted as well as being centrally bored, the purpose being to receive a key on the pin of the roll, or driving spool, when such key is presented, so that at such times such spindles will operate as driving spindles for moving the note sheet ahead or rewinding.

11 is a bracket at the side 2, having upward and lower extensions 11 and 11". The spindle 7 preferably passes through and has a bearing in the lower extension 11 of the bracket.

12 is a sprocket rotatably mounted on the spindle 7. 13 is another sprocket rotatably mounted on said spindle 1, suitable means being employed to prevent longitudinal displacement of said sprockets, for example, arms let standing in annular grooves in the hubs of said sprockets, as shown in Figs. 1 and 6. The spindle 7 is hollow and located therein is a plunger 15, pressed forwardly by spring 15*.

1617 are clutch pins passing transversely through and carried by the plunger 15, the

tubular spindle being longitudinally slotted Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

to permit of a limited amount of longitudinal movement of the plunger in said spindle. 1819 are clutch pins on the sprockets 12 and 13 respectively. The pins 1617 coact respectively with the pins 1819 to alternately lock the sprockets 1213 to spindle 7, one or the other of said sprockets always being free thereon.

As shown in Fig. 6, the action of the spring 15 is to move the clutch plunger 15 so as to clutch the sprocket 13 to the spindle 7. By this arrangement, if the sprocket 13 is rotated, the spindle 7 will be driven thereby. If, however, the plunger 15 is pressed back it will cause the pin 16 to coact with the clutch pin 18, locking sprocket 12 to spindle 7, at the same time disengaging the pin 17 from the sprocket 13, freeing the latter from said spindle 7.

I should state that the spindles 6910 may be repressed when it is desired to insert a roll, said spindles each being pressed forward by suitable means, such as a spring or springs 20, as in common practice.

21 is the main driving shaft which eX- tends across the frame from side to side. Loosely mounted thereon are the sprockets 2223. The sprocket 22 is connected at all times with sprocket 13 by means of chain 24. Sprocket 23 is connected at all times with sprocket 25 through the medium of a chain 26. Sprocket 25 is mounted in a suitable bracket 25 and is keyed to the spindle 8. The main driving shaft 21 derives its power from any suitable source, such as the ordinary motor (not shown) customarily employed in apparatus of this type.

Fixed on the driving shaft 21 is a gear 27, arranged to mesh with a large gear 28, which in turn is fixed upon the spindle 5. Driving shaft 21 has a longitudinal shifting movement and when in one position, for eX- ample, that shown in Fig. 1, the driving of the note sheet ahead is efiected through the gear 27 and the coiiperating parts. When the driving shaft is shifted to the left from that shown in F ig, 1, gear 27 is freed from gear 28, and at the same time shaft. 21 is clutched with the sprockets 2223 by any suitable clutch mechanism, for example, such as already described herein, the clutch pins of the present clutch device being inclicated at 29-30 and 3132.

33 is a sprocket mounted on the hub of the large gear 28 and preferably of the same size as the sprocket 12, said sprockets being in line and connected by a chain 34.

It should be understood that the driving shaft 21 is always rotated in the same direction, for example, to drive the sheet as shown by the arrow in Fig. 1.

35 is a take-up spool upon which the note sheet is to be wound while the piece is being played. This spool is provided with the usual hook (not shown) with which the end of the note sheet may be connected in the usual manner. In Fig. 1 it will be observed the take-up spool 35 is located between the spindles 5 and 9, while the music roll 36 (shown in Fig. 1) is mounted between the spindles 7 and 10. As is always customary, every music roll of this type is provided with a pin-like hearing at each end, one of which is provided with a key arranged to enter the slotted end of the adjacent spindle support see Figs. 9 and 10). In this instance, the take-up spool 35 being shiftable, the same is also provided with pinlike bearings ateach end, one of which is likewise provided with the usual key arranged to enter the slotted end of an adjacent spindle (see Fig. 8).

In Fig. 1 the note sheet travels in the clirection of the arrow thereon when the piece is being rendered, the same being wound up on the take-up spool 35, which is being driven by the spindle 5 from driving shaft 21 through gears 2728. In this instance, it will be observed that the marking appears on the inside of the note sheet, so that when the parts are arranged as indicated in Figs. 1 and 4, this marking will be presented to the eye of the operator as said note sheet traverses the tracker-board. To re-roll the note sheet when the spool 35 is uppermost, the main driving shaft 21 is slipped to the left from that position indicated in Fig. 1, whereupon gear 27 leaves gear 28, thus freeing the spindle 5. This shifting movement clutches sprocket 22 on shaft 21, with the result that the power will be transmitted to the roll 36 to rewind the music through the medium of the following parts: sprocket 22, chain 24, sprocket 13, clutch pins 1917 to spindle 7; thence to roll 36. By making sprocket 13 smaller than sprocket 22, a very rapid re-rolling is effected. Now, assuming a note sheet is employed in which the marking is on the outer side of the sheet, in such an event the take-up spool 35 should be transferred from the upper position shown in Figs. 1 and 4 to the lower position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5, in which it is held by the spindles 710, being keyed by the former. In this instance (Fig. 5) 37 represents the music roll, and in this in stance said music roll is mounted between the spindles 68, being keyed to the latter for the purpose of rewinding, as hereinafter described. When the spool and roll are mounted as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5 and the driving shaft is in the position in dicated in Fig. 1, the drive of the note sheet is in a direction to render the music, and power will be transmitted through the following parts: from shaft 21 through gears 2728, thence through sprockets 33 and 12 to spindle 7, thence to spool 35. In this connection it should be stated that the sprocket 12 has been coupled with the spindle 7, since the pin-like bearing 35 at the adjacent end of the take-up spool 35 is of such length that it shifts the plunger 15 to the opposite position from that indicated in Fig. 6, thus freeing sprocket 13 and coupling sprocket 12 with spindle 7 To rewind the note sheet under this condition, the shaft 21 is slipped to the left, as previously described, freeing the gear 27 from gear 28, and simultaneously coupling the sprocket 23 with shaft 21 through the medium of the clutch pins 3132. Power will then be transmitted to the spindle 8 as follows: from the shaft 21 to sprocket 23, through chain 26 to sprocket 25, and to spindle 8, the direction of rotation of the latter being reversed so as to rewind the note sheet on the roll 27. By making the sprocket 25 smaller than the sprocket 23, a rapid rewind is secured.

That I claim is:

1. In a note sheet winding apparatus, a tracker-board, two sets of driving spindles, each set including a spindle common to both sets, the spindles of each set being located respectively upon opposite sides of said tracker-board, a driving shaft for said spindles, and means to connect and disconnect the driving connections of said shaft and said common spindle whereby said common spindle may be used interchangeably as a roll carrying or take-up spindle.

2. In a note sheet winding apparatus, a take-up spool, two sets of driving spindles, each set including a spindle common to both sets, a driving shaft, and means arranged to be positioned by the mounting of said spool in said common spindle to connect said shaft with said common spindle.

3. In a note sheet winding apparatus, a tracker-board, two sets of driving spindles, each set including a spindle common to both sets, the spindles of each set being located upon opposite sides of the tracker-board, a take-up spool adapted to be shifted to and driven by at least two of said spindles.

4. In a note sheet winding apparatus, a tracker-board, two sets of driving spindles, each set including a spindle common to both sets, the spindles of each set being located upon opposite sides of the tracker-board, a

take-up spool adapted to be shifted to and driven by at least two of said spindles, and clutch mechanism actuated by the presence of said spool when carried by one of said spindles.

5. In a note sheet winding apparatus, a tracker-board, two sets of spindles, each set including a spindle common to both sets, said common spindle and one of said other spindles having driving connections to enable them to operate as driving spindles re spectively to actuate a note sheet during the playing operation, said driving spindles respectively being located upon opposite sides of the tracker-board and each adapted to receive and actuate a take-up spool whereby they are adapted to draw note sheets in opposite directions respectively during the playing operation according to which of said driving spindles carries said take-up spool.

6. In a note sheet winding apparatus, a tracker-board, two sets of driving spindles, each set including a spindle common to both sets, said common spindle and one of said other spindles having driving connections to enable them to operate as driving spindles respectively to actuate a note sheet during the playing operation, said driving spindles respectively being located upon opposite sides of the tracker-board and each adapted to receive and actuate a take-up spool to draw note sheets in either direction thereover according to which of said driving spindles carries said take-up spool, said driving spindles being constructed and arranged to be driven in the same direction to expose the inner and outer sides respectively of the note sheets driven thereby during the playing operation.

7. In a note sheet driving apparatus, a takeup spool, a driving shaft, a driving spindle, and means arranged to be positioned by the mounting of said spool in said spindle to connect the latter with said driving shaft.

FRANK C. IVHITE.

Vitnesses R. O. MITCHELL, CHAS. A. PEARCE. 

